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Chapter 813 Surprise the audience, the race begins

One night passed, and soon the much-anticipated All-Star Weekend race came!
On the morning of February 2th, after breakfast with James and Wade next door, Wang Zelin practiced dancing for another hour and a half.

After half an hour of rest, everyone left the hotel and came to the Toronto Raptors' home stadium, the Air Canada Center Gymnasium, to participate in a roundtable discussion and accept interviews from major media.

However, the most frequently asked questions by Wang Zelin during this period had nothing to do with the All-Star Game at night. Instead, they were all asking what their dance troupe would perform at night.

After lunch, Wang Zelin, Lillard, Aldridge, and Paul George were arranged in a group to go to a school for special groups in Toronto for condolences and charity activities.

Wang Zelin has been familiar with this series of procedures in the past four years.

I was busy until 16 o'clock in the afternoon before saying goodbye to the group of cute children in the school. Wang Zelin and the other 10 members of the dance troupe had the last few joint rehearsals. There were no mistakes during the whole process, and the cooperation was quite tacit.

The final rehearsal began at 19:[-], and a group of people came to the player tunnel...

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The annual All-Star Game is here!
The rules of this year's All-Star Game are the same as before. It is still a familiar recipe and a familiar taste.

The main game is divided into the Eastern Star Team and the Western Star Team. The top five players with the highest number of votes in each stage will enter the starting lineup, and the remaining seven players will be selected by the coaches of the active teams through consultation and voting.

This year's starting five for the Eastern Stars are Irving, Wade, James, George, and Davis, and the starting five for the Western Conference are Curry, Westbrook, Kobe, Durant, and Wang Zelin.

Of course, this is the original list. After all, the plan is not as good as a change, and the All-Star list has changed again.

Looking back on the past, it seems that every All-Star game is like this. There will always be various strange accidents some time before the main game, which will lead to changes in personnel.

In the East, due to injury, Jimmy Butler will miss the All-Star Game. Finally, after repeated consideration by the league, Chris Bosh of the Heat will play instead of him.

Fortunately, there is no change in the list of starting players, otherwise it is estimated that many people will regret it.

At 19:8 in the evening of the US time, and at [-]:[-] in the morning of the Chinese time, the live broadcast of the All-Star Game began.

After the opening ceremony, which has always been considered by the fans to be nothing, the on-site host began to explain along with the explosive melody:
"Ladies and gentlemen!"

When the microphone sounded, the sound immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the arena.

"Next, let us welcome the opening show brought to us by the Kini Taimei Dance Troupe with warm applause...!"

next second.

The lights dimmed, and the melody sounded. The eyes of some Chinese fans at the scene and the Chinese fans in front of the TV instantly lit up.

"Ooh!"

"This is, isn't this "Compendium of Materia Medica" by Jay Chou!"

"Fuck! The king can still play!"

The fans who were watching the live broadcast in China suddenly felt their scalps go numb.

This prelude~ Don't be too familiar with it!

"Oh, my god!"

"Oh hoo!"

"cool!"

All around the aviation center gymnasium, whether it was the players on the sidelines or the fans on the field, all of them stared wide-eyed and looked shocked.

What kind of tune is this?
Everyone felt that this music contains a beautiful rhythm with vicissitudes, and at the same time, it is mixed with American hip-hop, but the two are well integrated, and the humorous hip-hop elements make the style of music lively, full of creativity, and eye-opening.

"Unbelievable!" A female singer who was invited to perform showed a surprised look.

It was the first time she heard such music.

Except for the music, the arena was extremely quiet, no one spoke, everyone held their breath and listened carefully to the music.

"What a wonderful art!"

Such thoughts flashed through the minds of countless people.

Nearly half a minute of prelude music passed, and in the next second, several spotlights came on, and 11 all-star players in gorgeous Hanfu formally appeared in neat poses.

"Fuck!"

At this moment, countless domestic audiences who were watching in front of the TV blurted out the neat and consistent Chinese quintessence in an instant.

Because they discovered that this was an all-star player dressed in clothes, very much like the Jinyiwei of the ancient Ming Dynasty.

No, it's not a matter of appearance, what they are wearing now is the unique flying fish suit among Jinyiwei.

At this time, the 11 people were divided into three queues, the front, the middle and the back, and the lineup was lined up. As the music suddenly stirred up, the players on the court also moved.

"If Hua Tuo reappears,
Chongyang was healed,

Foreigners come to learn Chinese characters,

arouse my national consciousness,

Nuxy, cassia,
Cocklebur, and lotus seeds,
......"

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……

Sounds great!

Many people at the scene of this song were brainwashed by the melody when they heard it for the first time. When the chorus came out the second time, people who understood it began to hum along softly.

In the live broadcast room, many foreign netizens were posting barrage.

Although the vast majority of foreign netizens, including many foreign audiences at the scene, could not understand the Huaxia style lyrics of this song.

But it doesn't matter.

Music has no borders, just like many people in China cannot understand English, so they listen to English songs differently.

The melody and artistic conception of the song can be appreciated.

Of course, for a masterpiece of Chinese style like "Compendium of Materia Medica", it would be even better if you can understand Chinese.

Just like a Chinese barrage in the live broadcast room, "This song is to express a kind of national spirit. If you can understand the lyrics, you should know what a great song it is."

"Okay!"

"Brilliant!"

Some domestic stars who came to watch the scene, such as Cheng Long, Zhang Ziyi and others, couldn't help applauding.

It can be said that Jay Chou wrote this Compendium of Materia Medica to express a kind of national spirit, to satirize those who worship foreign things and to tell them that our ancestors are amazing.

Therefore, it is definitely a matter of pride that such a song with a strong Chinese color can be heard by hundreds of millions of people on such a super big stage as the NBA All-Star Weekend.

Especially some Chinese compatriots on the field, who are all proud at the moment, raised their heads proudly when they heard the climax.

Soon, after dancing to the song, accompanied by the restless cheers from the fans, the lights dimmed again, and the performance ended!

Boom~
When the reverberation of the music dissipated, all the [-] spectators stood up, and the applause and cheers poured into the arena wave after wave.

"Hey, guys, you guys had a really cool day!"

"It's so handsome!"

"You guys are great!"

"Listen well, I really like your performance, I want to learn it when I go back!"

At a glance, many spectators shouted excitedly.

With such momentum, those who didn't know thought they were watching some superstar's performance!
The team members of Wang Zelin, Jay Chou, James and Davis were overjoyed.

As performers, nothing excites them more than the enthusiastic feedback of the audience.

This year, they did it again.

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Returning to the dressing room arranged by the league for the dance troupe members, Wang Zelin saw the James, Wayne, and Coeha celebrating recklessly, seeing the expressions on the faces of George, Davis, and Drummond, and seeing the excitement that Jay Chou had not dissipated after singing...

At this moment, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that everyone is very satisfied with this year's performance.

After a brief celebration, several people hurriedly changed their jerseys and returned to the scene under the leadership of the staff who rushed over.

After the opening performance of the audience, the Grammy singer invited by the top executives of the league has also finished her singing, and the DJ began to introduce the all-star substitute lineup.

First of all, the visiting West team.

Pau Gasol took the lead, followed by Griffin, Thompson, Paul, Lillard, Aldridge, and finally Chris Paul as the most honored player in the West's All-Star bench.

Then came the Eastern All-Stars of the home team. Bosh, who replaced Butler in the All-Star Game, took the lead, followed by Drummond, who was selected for the All-Star for the first time, and then Lowry, DeRozan, Cousins, and Rose appeared in turn. The finale was "Melon" Anthony, who had the highest status in the world.

The host paused and began to introduce the starting stars of the East and West.

However, when the starting lineups of the two teams were seated, the fans suddenly noticed that there seemed to be one person missing on the field.

who?

"Kobe! Less Kobe!"

"Yeah, where did that guy Kobe go!"

"Yes, where is the old blacksmith?"

"..."

After some commotion at the scene, a passionate voice suddenly sounded, making everyone stop guessing and making noise:

"17 times NBA all star.

the 3rd highest score in NBA history.

the 2008 MVP!

two times NBA finals MVP.

five times NBA championships
a 6'6 guard from lower marrien high school
NO.24 Kobe Bryant! "

A beam of light came down and hit the end of the West Star team's bench. Only then did people realize that Kobe was wearing a black training uniform. He slowly stood up from his chair and waved to the surrounding audience.

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

There was an avalanche of cheers immediately at the scene. Obviously, this was specially prepared by the league executives for this 20-year NBA veteran, and it was moving.

It turned out that time can be so hasty.

Before I knew it, 20 years had passed.

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The time came to 20:9 in the evening in the United States, and 2016 in the morning in China. The [-] Toronto All-Star Weekend officially started.

Amidst the cheers of the fans, Wang Zelin easily defeated Davis with a jump ball, and the West team took the lead in a wave of fast break...

In the frontcourt, Wang Zelin easily cut to the basket, received a wonderful pass from Curry, and made an alley-oop violent dunk, making a good start for the Western Conference Stars.

But soon, the Eastern Stars began to fight back, and James gave Davis an empty catch, dunk for dunk.

The main players of the two sides came and went on the field, the pace of the game became faster and faster, and the scores jumped up.

Curry just scored a super long mark one step outside the three-point line, and Irving immediately chose to return the three-pointer.

Westbrook assists Durant for an alley catch;

Wade and James also had a long-lost Janeway connection;

Paul George overtook forcibly from the outside, went straight to the basket and made a dunk;

Kobe fell into the low position, and the picturesque turnaround jumper made countless people mesmerized.

Obviously there is no wine, but I am drunk like a dog!
All in all, both sides played extremely well.

The All-Star Game is just for fun.

There are so many stars gathered together, and everyone is giving each other face, so when attacking, most defensive players just make a symbolic defense.

Since Wang Zelin had already won the AMVP for three consecutive times in a historic way, for this All-Star, he played with a purely playful attitude, and he didn't take it seriously at all.

To put it bluntly, this is just an All-Star, and I have won the big head for three years, so I have to let others drink some soup this year no matter what.

Therefore, the scoring efficiency of the two sides on the field is amazing, and from time to time, accompanied by explosive dunks, the surrounding fans and the audience in front of the TV are also very happy.

Even Stephen Curry successfully completed a steal against Paul George in the middle of the first game, and then quickly made a fast break, and came to the frontcourt with an extremely excited self-throw and dunk...

Of course, it's a trick!
However, this also caused a burst of warm cheers from the fans.

Compared with the birds and beasts that can be seen everywhere in the NBA, Curry's physical talent is really inferior, especially his wingspan that is almost the same as his height, which makes it difficult for him to unlock difficult fancy dunks on the court.

Forget it, there is no need to say fancy moves, it is not easy to watch him dunk in actual combat on weekdays.

Take the self-throwing and self-deduction just now as an example. If James hadn't recognized Curry's jersey at the last moment and stopped halfway through the high EQ, I guess the next picture would be beautiful.

"boom--!"

After completing the "violent" dunk with both hands, Curry held his head with his hands when he landed, and opened his mouth wide to scream wildly, as if he couldn't believe that he had actually played such a "defying" dunk.

The fans on the sidelines were also very face-saving. After the dunk was completed, they shouted: "Golden State LaVine! Golden State LaVine..."

The two sides only played for about 7 minutes, and the score on the field has come, an astonishing 28:28 tie.

beep!
At this moment, coach Terry took the lead in calling a timeout, and with a wave of his hand, all the main players were removed and replaced with a full substitute lineup.

The lineup of Paul, Lillard, Thompson, Griffin, and Aldridge played.

The head coach of the Eastern Stars also tacitly adjusted the lineup, removed the main players, and replaced them with a pure substitute lineup of Lowry, Rose, DeRozan, Anthony, and Cousins.

After playing the main players for so long, it's time for the other stars to have fun.

After all, they are all stars, and everyone has a good face, so the coach must allocate playing time more evenly, and ensure that the rain and dew are evenly covered.

After Lillard came on the court, he tried two logo three-pointers directly from the outside.The first shot was not scored, which made the audience a little regretful, but fortunately, the second goal was scored, which instantly caused a climax for the audience.

Curry and Irving, who had just been replaced, saw all this in their eyes. At this time, their thoughts were surprisingly consistent. It seemed that their votes were still too conservative.

Well, I have to vote like this next!

(End of this chapter)